Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (COMPUTERS) ACT 1984 No. 113 of 1984 - SECT 9

9. (1) Bounty is payable in accordance with this Act on the production in
Australia of bountiable equipment.

(2) Bounty in respect of bountiable equipment is payable to the manufacturer,
or the manufacturers, of the equipment.

(3) A manufacturer is not entitled to receive a payment of bounty in respect
of bountiable equipment unless-

   (a)  all the processes in the manufacture of the equipment carried out in
        Australia by the manufacturer (if any) were carried out at registered
        premises;

   (b)  the manufacture of the equipment was completed at registered premises;
        and

   (c)  the manufacture of the equipment was completed during the bounty
        period.

(4) For the purposes of this Act, when bounty is payable in respect of
bountiable equipment, it shall be deemed to have become payable upon the
completion of the last step in the manufacture of the equipment, whether or
not the equipment is to be used in the manufacture of other bountiable
equipment or of other equipment by the manufacturer or by another person.

(5) Where-

   (a)  bountiable equipment is manufactured pursuant to a contract to which
        the Department of Defence is a party; and

   (b)  that contract-

        (i)    for reasons of defence strategy, requires that equipment to be
               manufactured in Australia; and

        (ii)   provides, by way of cost premium or otherwise, for the
               compensation of a manufacturer of the equipment for compliance
               with the requirement that that equipment is to be manufactured
               in Australia,
bounty is not payable in respect of that equipment.

(6) Bounty is not payable in respect of any bountiable equipment manufactured
by the Commonwealth, by a State or by an authority of the Commonwealth or of a
State (including an educational institution established by the Commonwealth or
a State).
(7) In this section, "State" includes the Northern Territory.